Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Parent taxon: Balanidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Zullo 1982 and Zullo and Kite 1985
Sister taxa: Acastinae, Amphibalaninae, Balaninae, Cetolepas, Concavinae, Creusiinae, Emersoninae, Megabalaninae, Semibalaninae, Wanellinae
Subtaxa: Actinobalanus Archaeobalanus Armatobalanus Bathybalanus Chirona Conopea Hesperibalanus Kathpalmeria Membranobalanus Notobalanus Palaeobalanus Solidobalanus Striatobalanus Zullobalanus
Type: Archaeobalanus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Chile (1), United States (12: Alaska, California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1), United States (4: California)
• Miocene of French Southern Territories (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), United States (4: Alaska, Maryland)
• Oligocene of United States (8: North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (14: Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington)
Total: 51 collections including 55 occurrences